Future Kings of Spain were an Irish

Republic of Ireland

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 rock

Rock music

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 band, from Dublin.

Future Kings of Spain on 28 September 2007 released their second album Nervousystem. Recorded in London and Malta with producer Ian Grimble (Manic Street Preachers, The Fall), it was released in Ireland on the band's own label, What’s The Kim? and entered the Irish Albums Chart

Irish Albums Chart

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 at number eighteen. "Guess Again", the first single, was released on 4 May, and was chosen by public vote on Phantom 105.2 On the week of its release it was chosen as the song of the week on Irish radio station Today FM

Today FM

Radio Ireland Ltd, trading as 100-102 Today FM is an Irish commercial FM radio station which is available nationally. The station, which commenced broadcasting on Saint Patrick's Day in 1997, can be received nationally and carries a mix of music and talk...

 and was number seven in the Irish airplay charts. The second single, "Kick In The Teeth", was released on 27 July.

Nervousystem follows their self titled debut which was released in Ireland, Australia, Japan and the United Kingdom through Independent UK Label Red Flag Records. Selling over 42,000 copies, it included singles and live anthems "Venetian Blinds", "Hanging Around" and "Face I Know" (debuting at number nine in the UK's Rock Charts). In the same year the band scooped Best New Band at the Meteor Music Awards

Meteor Music Awards

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, performed to 40,000 people at Sonicmania in Japan, toured and performed with many international acts including Biffy Clyro

Biffy Clyro

Biffy Clyro are a Scottish rock band from Kilmarnock, comprising Simon Neil , James Johnston and Ben Johnston...

, Muse

Muse (band)

Muse are an English alternative rock band from Teignmouth, Devon, formed in 1994. The band consists of school friends Matthew Bellamy , Christopher Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard...

 and The Strokes

The Strokes

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Line-up

The line up on the debut album was Joey Wilson (vocals/guitar), Bryan McMahon (drummer) and bassist Anton Hegarty. Lead guitarist Karl Hussey joined the band in late 2003 for the band's first UK headline tour, followed by a tour of Japan.

Style

FKOS debut album contained a very guitar-based sound, with a heavy tone on many of the songs, such as the first single "Face I Know". The mood ranged from angst ("A Place for Everything") to melancholy ("Simple Fact").

Reviews of Nervousystem.

• “Having mastered the ability to sound as convincing playing it soft as heavy… the quartet keep your attention throughout - the hooks are great, the choruses are often beautiful and the eight-minute-plus 'Syndicate' shows just how far they're willing to venture. In another year of many forgettable rock records, this is one that deserves to be remembered” RTE.IE

• “A confident collection of edgy pop-metal tunes that align FKOS alongside such grown up acts as Foo Fighters and Black Rebel Motor Cycle Club. The addition of guitarist Karl Hussey…has not so much beefed up the sound as created more space to balance the metallic with the melodic”. THE IRISH TIMES

• “A joyous collection of indie anthems and ethereal rockers, Nervousytem witnesses the band confidently finding their voice as songwriters. With shimmering guitars and chiming keyboards, an insanely addictive hook is never far away” THE METRO

Future Kings of Spain

The Future Kings of Spain's self-titled debut album was released on 4 August 2003 on CD & limited edition 12" vinyl. It was produced by Ted Niceley and recorded at Stratosphere Sound

Stratosphere Sound

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 in New York City.

1. A Place For Everything
2. Your Starlight
3. Venetian Blinds
4. Hanging Around
5. One Look
6. Simple Fact
7. Meanest Sound
8. So Wrong
9. Face I Know
10. Traps
11. Upside Down

Nervousystem

The Nervousystem album was released on 28 September 2007, on CD and Download / MP3, on the What's The Kim? Recordings label. It was produced by Ian Grimble, mixed by Joe Chester and recorded at 2 kHz, London & Temple Studios in Malta. Performed at Oxegen 2008

Oxegen 2008

Oxegen '08 was the fifth Oxegen festival to take place, following the dissolution of its predecessor Witnness in 2004. It took place on the weekend of Friday 11 July, Saturday 12 July and Sunday 13 July at Punchestown Racecourse near Naas in County Kildare, Ireland. For the first time the festival...

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1. Guess Again
2. One More Mistake
3. This Is The End
4. Lost And Found
5. Syndicate
6. Kick In The Teeth
7. You Dream In Solid Gold
8. 1981
9. Chemical Burn
10. This Song
11. Disappear

External links

• Official site